English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Buttermere Dubs

Other OS name in the Parish of Buttermere

Historical Forms

  • Buttermere dubbes 1561 FF
  • Buttermergreynes 1293 MinAcct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Buttermere dubbes 1561 FF. v. dub. Alsoin the parish was Buttermergreynes 1293MinAcct . v. grein .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement